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Suddenly, like somebody plugged it into an outlet, her mind reconnected.
She sputtered. “You! Fucking! Arrogant! Asshole!”
“You’re entitled to your opinion.”
“How! Dare! You!”
“What? Teach you a lesson? You were playing with fire back there, woman. Do you have any goddamn clue of the shit I’ve seen? A man like that wouldn’t stop when you told him to. He wouldn’t leave after just one dance.”
He stopped walking so abruptly that she wobbled on his shoulder. She started to wiggle to free herself from his strong grasp and he brought his hand down on her ass again.
It wasn’t a hard spank like the first one. He simply clapped his hand over her buttock.
His fingers spread over her flesh. His fingertips cupped the undercurve.
Heat seeped in, sinking in layers…through her flesh...
Until her core burned.
“Put me—”
He whipped her off his shoulder and planted her on her feet. The cold steel of the truck at her back.
Before she could take off, he braced his hands on the door of the truck, one on each side of her, and forced her spine against the metal.
At the sight of that cocky, arched brow, she balled her fists again. If she wouldn’t break her hand, she’d try to punch that smirk off his rugged face.
“How dare you!”
“No, princess. How dare you jeopardize yourself? Your brother spent his entire life looking out for you. Making sure you didn’t fall in the pond and drown. Making sure your skinned knees were cleaned and you didn’t get an infection.”
His heated words stole her breath.
“How… How do you know those things?”
“He told me,” he bit off. He leaned in closer, bringing the masculine scent of aftershave that made her fists knot for another reason.
Aware that her skirt was still up around her waist, leaving her ass against the truck and her legs exposed to the wind, she reached up and wiggled it down into place.
He stared at her, face as cold as stone. His eyes glittered in the faint lighting of the parking lot. “Get in the truck, Ivy. I’m taking you home.”
Her lips twisted, an angry retort dripping with a lot of sass perched on her lips. But she couldn’t stop thinking about what he said about Forest.
“You have to actually let me get in the truck.”
With a light pushup, he moved away from her. She reached for the door handle, but he whipped the door open first.
She narrowed her eyes at him.
Did he have to look so…so…full of himself?
“If my brother were here, he’d wipe that smirk off your face for treating me this way.” She leaped into the passenger seat.
He crowded close, blocking her from slamming the door in his face. “Since he can’t keep you safe, and you refuse to take those steps for yourself, I’m going to do it for you.”
She blinked up at him. Hunter had actually spanked her. Like a naughty child.
Or a hot, dominant man who knew exactly how to get what he wanted.
